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No. '783,233.. I PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. L. A. WAKEFIELD.

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APPLIOATION IILBD 00w. 10.1904.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR JQM/W Y UNITED STATES Patented Februarv 21, 1905.

LESLIE ALBERT WVAKEFIELD, OF WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN.

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SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,233, dated. February 21, 1905.

Application filed October 10, 1904. Serial No. 227,964.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEsLIE ALBERT WAKE- FIELD, a citizen of the United States. residing at West Salem, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of traces in which a wire rope is employed.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple, strong, and durable trace of the wirerope class, to provide a novel means of securing the rear ends of the wire rope at the heel of the trace, and also to provide a novel front terminal for the trace. These objects I accomplish by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved trace with the outer covering broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the heel-clip. Fig. 3 is a like view of the front rope-block.

A designates a length of wire rope folded upon itself to form two strands of equal length. Within the bend of the wire rope is placed a metallic rope-block or gromet B of a generally elliptical shape and provided with a circumferential groove to receive the rope. At the rear end of the block B loops or eyes are formed by means of a band 6, which encircles the block and the two strands of the rope and secures the whole firmly together. The band 6 is secured, as shown in the drawings, by means of a rivet b, which passes through the block and through the middle and the overlapped ends of the band. Within the transverse eye of the block B is mounted a tubular bushing 6 through which may be passed the pin or bolt of a hame-clip. (Not shown.) Any device may be used for connecting the ropeblock to the hames.

C is the heel-clip at the rear end of the trace. It is formed of a single casting having parallel longitudinal sockets or bores c c, interiorl y threaded or indented, as at 0, and into these sockets or bores c c the rear ends of the wire rope are insertedand rigidly secured by means of molten metal 0 poured into the said sockets. The front end of the clip C is provided between the bores c c with an eye or loop 0 and the rear end of the clip has a vertical opening to receive the bolt CZ of the swivel cl, which carries a length of chain D, forming the rear terminal of the trace.

E designates a length of hempen rope lying between the two strands of the wire rope A to prevent them from chafing. The wire rope is inclosed in a leather or other cover F, suitably stitched parallel with the wire strands, and the front end of the cover is secured to the rope-block by a rivet f, which passes through an aperture 6 in said block. The rear end of the cover F is held from slipping by a rivet f, which passes through the loop or eye 0 before referred to, at the front end of the heel-clip C.

All of the metallic attachments are made interchangeable, so that in case of breakage repair may be readily effected.

What I claim is- 1. A trace comprising a doubled length of wire rope, a rope-block secured in the bend of the rope, and a heel-clip having parallel sockets in which the rear ends of the wire strands are rigidly secured.

2. A trace comprising parallel strands of wire rope, means at the front end for a hames connection, a heel-clip at the rear end having parallel sockets in which the strands are inserted, and cast metal securing the ends in place.

3. A trace comprising a doubled length of wire rope, a grooved rope-block at the bend of the rope, loops or eyes at the rear ends of the block securing the rope thereto, and a heel-clip having parallel sockets in which the rear ends of the rope are secured.

4. A trace comprising a doubled length of wire rope, a grooved rope-block in'the bend of the rope, a strap securedaround the rear end of the rope-block and forming loops embracing the wire rope, and a heel-clip having parallel bores in which the ends of the wire rope are secured.

5. In a trace, a heel-clip or terminal formed with parallel longitudinal rope sockets, a transverse opening at its rear end and an eye or loop at the front end between the two sockets.

6. A trace consisting in a length of wire rope doubled upon itself, agrooved rope-block secured in the bend of the rope, a heel-clip having sockets in which the ends of the wire rope are secured, a hempen rope between the lengths of wire rope, and a cover inclosing the wire rope and secured at its ends to the ropeblock and heel-clip. 10

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESLIE ALBERT WAKEFIELD. Witnesses:

F. D. SHANE, J. E. MOKEIM. 

